[Greenbuilding] Fwd: [healthyhomebuilding] Action Needed for 2011 Solar Decathlon

[jfstraube]

They already require minimalist foundations.  I worked on the last Decathalon submission from U waterloo, and the foundations are just square pads resting on the ground.  However, the challenge is building 20 houses on the mall, servicing them, and then have over 100 000 people visit them in a couple weeks is just tough on the land.

On 2011-01-20, at 12:05 PM, Dombroski, Marian K. wrote:

> Perhaps part of the design requirements could be to reduce the footprint – literally -  of the solar houses.  They could commission foundations that create minimal disturbance to the Mall - also design pedestrian accommodations with minimal impact.
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> From: greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Jason Holstine
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:04 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Fwd: [healthyhomebuilding] Action Needed for 2011 Solar Decathlon
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> To be fair—while it’s a bummer if it moves off the mall—the reason is b/c of the effort to restore the Mall, which is in complete shambles. What they should probably do is keep it on the Mall this year and tie in awareness and fundraising for the restoration effort. I bet a lot of the visitors would pitch in. John Stewart is part of the restoration program—part of the proceeds from their Fall March to Restore Sanity went to it.
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> Jason Holstine
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> On 1/20/11 10:37 AM, "Alan Abrams" <alan at abramsdesignbuild.com> wrote:
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> this message from a colleague just arrived:  
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> THE 20 TEAMS OF THE SOLAR DECATHLON 2011 NEED YOUR HELP.
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> This international solar home design/build competition is now homeless, as the traditional venue for the competition, the National Mall, is suddenly no longer available to host this event. The change of location, one year into the process, may seriously and negatively impact the ability of all Teams to successfully compete in the competition.
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> If you are interested, please take a moment of your time to sign this petition
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> http://www.petition2congress.com/3973/help-put-us-department-energys-2011-solar-decathlon-back-on-natio/
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> http://www.solardecathlon.gov/competition.html
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